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Greece was fighting a civil war with communists, the communists getting aid from the Soviet Union. Truman issued the Truman Doctrine, saying the US must help free people against communism.

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US gave European countries broken from war billions of dollars called the Marshall Plan, creating an economic miracle and European countries started producing a lot more.

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Warsaw pact was an alliance of communist countries, primarily focusing on defense among other members, created to battle the democratic alliance of NATO.

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In response to Stalin's Berlin Blockade, President Truman sent supplies such as food and fuel everyday for over a year to West Berlin

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Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet union in 1957. It was followed by a space race where the US and USSR battled to achieve superior spaceflight capability.

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The US did not trust Castro with the Soviet union, so they planned an invasion in an attempt to overthrow Castro, but Castro found out about the plan and prepared for it. At the end the invasion failed and it accelerated Castro's ties with the USSR.

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Soviet placed missiles in Cuba and American found out by flying spy planes. Tension was rising and the community feared war might break out. Kennedy and Khrushchev exchanged message and deescalated tension, removing missiles from Cuba.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed by 12 countries, agreeing that an attack against any of the members would mean an attack on all members. NATO wanted to promote democratic values.

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The USSR created a barbed wire and concrete wall as to stop the flow of people escaping East Germany to West Germany, saying it was for the purpose of stopping fascists from entering East Germany.

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Proxy war as North and South Korea fought against each other. North Korean leader Kim Il Sung wanted fulled control of all of Korea, with the financial support of the USSR, they fought. South Korea was given aid by the US.

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The communist party led by Ho Chi Minh in the North of Vietnam wanted to unite Vietnam under communism. The communists were supported by the USSR and PRC, while the USA supported South Vietnam's non-communist party. The USA was heavily involved and the war lasted 19 years, despite people speaking out against US involvement. At the end of the war, North Vietnam won and the country is still communist.

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Apollo 11 was the first space flights that first landed humans on the moon, commanded by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on 1969.

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A significant shift in the cold war when President Nixon of the US visited Beijing, China, arranging discussions with Mao Zedong, the leader of a communist party

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Berlin's communist party announced people could start going through from both Germanys East and West. People started chipping away at the wall with hammers and tools while bulldozers tore down the wall, reuniting Germany.
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